Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Community members wanting more information about the situation in Bridgeton, that is also affecting neighboring communities, are asked to come out Thursday to Pattonville High School's cafeteria at 7 p.m.
A lot has happened in the past week with regards to the West Lake and Bridgeton landfills. In an effort to help people concerned about the situation and how it affects them digest all the information, a group of informed citizens is hosting an informational meeting. Since February, residents have complained of a foul odor being emitted from the landfill, which is caused by a smoldering event beneath the landfill. Since that time, the odor has worsened in part due to construction to eliminate the odor and contain the fire that has been monitored at the landfill site. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster reached a preliminary agreement with Republic Services, the owner of Bridgeton and West Lake Landfill. It asks for the company to finish …
Monday, May 13, 2013
With stir of a possible settlement, Maryland Heights and Bridgeton residents press for representation in meetings of the landfill.
The Missouri Coalition for the Environment and residents of Maryland Heights and Bridgeton gathered Monday morning to press officials for more information on the Bridgeton and West Lake landfills. With more construction scheduled to start at the site May 20 and the Bridgeton Landfill odor expected to increase, residents and the coalition want more action from state agencies. Ed Smith, Safe Energy Director for the coalition, showed that Republic Services, owner of the landfills, only offers residents in Spanish Village, Terrisan Reste Mobile Home and some of Carrolton Village Condominiums an opportunity to relocate. Each of those are within a one-mile radius. Smith and others said the “stink zone” is much greater than one mile. “If Republic…
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The organization said it is disgruntled with what it feels is a lack of public engagement on progress of cleanup of the site.
The Missouri Coalition for the Environment is holding a public meeting on the West Lake Landfill Superfund site, which is under the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Army Corps of Engineers manages the cleanup of the Coldwater Creek Nuclear Contamination sites near Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and the outskirts of the City of Hazelwood. Ed Smith, safe energy director at Missouri Coalition for the Environment, said the organization is holding the meeting in response to the EPA’s "lack of meaningful public engagement on our region’s most risky radioactive waste dump site which lies in the floodplain of the Missouri River, upstream from drinking water intakes for north St. Louis County and the City." …
